Religion in America by Rabinowitz, Harold -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents FOREWORD BY JANE I. SMITH PREFACE PART ONE: THE RELIGIONS

INTRODUCTION: FAITH AND INTERFAITH IN THE NEW AMERICA I. CHRISTIANITY: CATHOLICISM AND ORTHODOXY

Historical Introduction 1. Roman Catholicism 2. Eastern Orthodoxy

II. CHRISTIANITY: PROTESTANTISM

Historical Introduction 1. Baptist Church 2. Christian Science 3. Conregationalism 4. Disciples of Christ 5. Episcopal Church 6. Evangelical Denominations 7. Jehovah’s Witnesses 8. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism) 9. Lutheran Church 10. Mennonites 11. Methodists 12. Presbyterianism 13. Quakers 14. Seventh-day Adventists 15. Unitarian Universalists

III. ISLAM

Historical Introduction 1. The Islamic Faith 2. Islam in America

IV. JUDAISM

Historical Introduction 1. The Jewish Faith 2. Judaism in America

V. EASTERN FAITHS

Historical Introduction 1. Bahá’í Faith 2. Buddhism 3. Hinduism 4. Jainism 5. Sikhism 6. Taoism

VI. OTHER RELIGIOUS GROUPS

Historical Introduction 1. Native American Religions 2. Nature-based Religions 3. Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism, and Other Groups

PART TWO: ISSUES IN AMERICAN RELIGION

PART THREE: FAITH, FACTS, AND FIGURES

Introduction: Faith and Numbers Contents of Part Three 1. Religious Affiliation/Geography 2. Religious Affiliation/Demography 3. Maps: Religious Distributions 4. Polls and Surveys 5. Sources and Methodology

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